Siege of Mahalla al-Kubra

The Siege of Mahalla al-Kubra (early August 1798) was a battle of the French Revolutionary Wars that occurred when the 1,491-strong French army of Napoleon Bonaparte and Louis Desaix stormed and conquered the Egyptian city of Mahalla al-Kubra. The French army stormed the Mameluke stronghold with 415 losses, securing the Gharbia region with the city's conquest.